Download or read book A Glance at the Past and Present of the Negro written by Robert Heberton Terrell and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrell, a Washington, D.C., resident and an African American minister, hails the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation as the greatest events in US and African American history, reviews slavery and its impact upon African Americans, and discusses current problems, such as racial hatred and the demand for skilled labor that confront African Americans.